CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenue:
Asset sales	$ 1,850	$ 598
Commissions and other	1,184	136
Total asset liquidation revenue	3,034	734
Operating costs and expenses:
Asset liquidation	1,533	439
Inventory maintenance	3	1,170
Patent licensing and maintenance	26	57
Selling, general and administrative	1,582	823
Expenses paid to related parties	157	145
Depreciation	3	0
Total operating costs and expenses	3,304	2,634
Operating income (loss) before earnings of equity accounted asset liquidation investments	(270)	(1,900)
Earnings of equity accounted asset liquidation investments	1,069	1,560
Operating income (loss)	799	(340)
Other income (expenses):
Other income	10	0
Interest expense	(59)	(84)
Total other income (expenses)	(49)	(84)
Income (loss) before the undernoted	750	(424)
Income tax expense (recovery)	313	(598)
Earnings (loss) of other equity accounted investments (net of $0 tax)	(47)	15
Net income and comprehensive income	$ 390	$ 189
Weighted average common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic (in thousands of shares)	27,484	26,149
Diluted (in thousands of shares)	27,844	26,182
Weighted average preferred shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic and diluted (in thousands of shares)	1	1
Earnings per share - basic:
Common shares (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred shares (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57	$ 0.29
Earnings per share -diluted:
Common shares (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred shares (in dollars per share)	$ 0.56	$ 0.29