Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Composition Of Certain Financial Statements Items [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

Amounts receivable from third parties consisted of the following at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0; 2011 - $0)	$	2,029	$	730
Notes receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0; 2011 - $186)		—		39
Lease receivable		46		148
	$	2,075	$	917

Schedule Of Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

The Customer/Broker Network intangible asset is being amortized over 12 years, and the Trade Name intangible asset is being amortized over 14 years. The details are as shown below:

	September 30, 2012
Customer/Broker Network (net of amortization of $203)	$	3,977
Trade Name (net of amortization of $62)		1,398
	$	5,375

Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Due to Heritage Global Partners clients	$	7,646	$	—
Due to Joint Venture partners		342		89
Sales and other taxes		504		66
Remuneration and benefits		214		402
Asset liquidation expenses		74		—
Regulatory and legal fees		242		49
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting		127		169
Patent licensing and maintenance		7		8
Other		299		72
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	9,455	$	855