Gallery: Desks  Hidden compartments Mystery in Desks  The secret
compartment mystery and romance in antique desks started with
famous movie ‘National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets’. Benjamin
Franklin Gates, the hero of movie had to break into the White
House in this movie to find some hidden clues in Resolute Desk
in secret compartments in the Oval Office.  The twin desk at
Buckingham Palace is the second clue of these compartments.
There is combination in these compartments knowing the distance
of other drawers which are pulled out which is appealing and
quite elaborate to all of us in detective.  The actual finding
of important documents in old desks was found in early 1900s.
Louis XVI desk with secret compartments was purchased by James
Monroe in 1794 who was future 5th president of US. He never told
about secret compartments to anyone. The desk was damaged by a
child, one of descendants of Monroe in 1906. This desk was
repaired by cabinet maker where these secret compartments were
discovered. There were pric