On July 10, Jack Lyon hosted the annual Alex Lyon & Son Customer Appreciation Picnic at the home farm and company headquarters in Bridgeport, N.Y. Since 1950, the Lyon family has held successful auctions. Today the company has grown to be the largest construction equipment auction house east of the Mississippi with sales held weekly all over the United States and many foreign countries. This year’s picnic was held on the eve of the company’s annual summer Canastota, N.Y., equipment auction.