Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 29, 2012 Heritage Global Partners, Inc [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Equity Partners [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 Customer/Broker Network [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 Trade Name [Member]
Business Acquisition, Cost of acquired entity			$ 7,080
Business Acquisition, Intangible Assets			5,640		4,180	1,460
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Period					12 years	14 years
Goodwill	$ 5,301	$ 5,301	$ 4,728	$ 573