"cherished collection" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a collection of items that are highly valued or cherished. For example, "My grandparents' cherished collection of antique furniture has been passed down in our family for generations."
Here Laura's cherished collection of glass figurines is kept not by her (the excellent Keira Keeley) but by Tom, in his writing desk.
The Engel Collection has been sustained over the years through gifts from his wife, Mildred Engel Handleman, and now his daughter, Susan Engel Zarutskie, M.D. Dr. Zarutskie has also provided a large bequest to support this highly used and cherished collection well into the future.
Squirreled away, under a layer of groovy acrylic sweaters and bell-bottomed jeans, was a cherished collection of random objects.
And Raekwon's cherished collection of footwear isn't just for show, it also plays a large part in his rhyming.
Destroyed were a pool table, jukebox and his cherished collection of Dean Martin record albums, autographs, clippings and memorabilia.
He promised his cherished collection to the National Theatre in the 1950s, long before the company's permanent home was built.
They form real and lasting friendships, cultivate hobbies and curate cherished collections.
A friend grabbed just a few clothes before Wasserman's belongings, including cherished collections of Mexican paintings and movie memorabilia, were thrown in the trash.
Today, a lens is developed by computer in a matter of hours". Thorsch's employees cherish the camera collection almost as much as he does.
WASHINGTON — When I was very young, I cherished a collection of "space cards" — trading cards that accompanied packs of bubble gum — offering exotic visions that supposedly would soon be within reach: space ships gliding through Saturn's rings; explorers enduring a Venus dust storm; loopy Technicolor Martians making their first contact with visiting Earthlings.
As a child, Parks loved the books her parents gave her (she still cherishes a collection of Greek myths, as well as a long dialogue between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni), but she stopped aspiring to write after her high-school teacher in Maryland told her that she couldn't be a writer because she couldn't spell.
