"And we are seeing more frustrated buyers than ever."

"But in the past few days we have also seen buyers just following the crowd, jumping on the bandwagon."

Scattered around the echoing room, Evan saw other buyers standing in front of different slaves.

"We're seeing traditional buyers of 5 and 10 kilos having to look elsewhere."

"If short rates back up by 15 basis points or so, you will see buyers," another trader said.

"It's not uncommon to see first-time buyers spending a million pounds or more," he explains.

They add that they are happy to see fewer calculator-toting buyers.

We're starting to see buyers who were traditional equity players.

The slight spurt came as a surprise to some dealers, who said they saw mostly sellers and few buyers.

In their place, she sees more buyers from New York.