Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)			12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Class N Preferred Shares [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Class N Preferred Shares [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Employee and Director Option Exercise [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Employee and Director Option Exercise [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee and Director Option Exercise [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 Heritage Global Partners, Inc [Member]	Aug. 10, 2012 Co Chief Executive Officers [Member]	Jul. 26, 2013 Co Chief Executive Officers [Member]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 10.00	$ 10.00
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	300,000,000	300,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000				10,000,000	10,000,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares											1,000,000
Common Stock Shares Issued for Each Co-CEO												400,000
Cancellation of shares (shares)				(800,000)									800,000
Net Shares Issued Due to Exercise of Options				21,500	27,778			17,778	21,500	10,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities			(13)	520
Preferred Stock, Voting Rights						Each Class N preferred share has a voting entitlement equal to 40 common shares, votes with the common stock on an as-converted basis and is senior to all other preferred stock of the Company.
Preferred Stock, Dividend Payment Terms						Dividends, if any, will be paid on an as-converted basis equal to common stock dividends.
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share						$ 1,000.00
Convertible Preferred Stock, Terms of Conversion						The value of each Class N preferred share is $1,000, and each share is convertible to 40 common shares at the rate of $25 per common share.
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance						9,486,500	9,486,500