Thank goodness for the club’s terrace overlooking Hyde Park, where guests gathered to the distant strains of Phil Collins headlining nearby at the British Summer Time concert.
Woolley & Wallis, Forum Auctions, Lawrences of Crewkerne, Roseberys, Sworders and Mallams were there in force.
Some dealers managed to storm this auctioneer citadel, with speaker BADA president Victoria Borwick noting the “healthy rivalry” between the two camps.