For the past 8 years, I've covered all things shopping. My work's been published by Hearst, PureWow, and Bauer Media Group. I'm a Brooklyn-born Jersey Girl (with a BA in English from Montclair State ...

Today, more than a dozen stalls specialising in stamps still line the alley, but the know-how involved in this ancient craft is fading, with only a few of the owners still making stone seals by hand.