The percentage of fees paid to managing partner.

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The amount of management fees paid annually, calculated as a percentage of the investment.

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The percentage of carried interest available to the Management LP after return of all capital contributed by the investors and payment of preferred return to the investors.

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The preferred return payable on the investment following return of original capital.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Cost of the investment.

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The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

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The total amount of investments that are intended to be held for an extended period of time (longer than one operating cycle).

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Asset Liquidation Investments and Other Investments (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified								9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Knight's Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 G P LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Knight's Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 G P LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2007 Knight's Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 G P LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Polaroid [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Polaroid [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Polaroid [Member] Class D [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Polaroid [Member] Class A [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Polaroid [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Jun. 30, 2009 KPL, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2009 Polaroid Corporation [Member]
Non-Asset Liquidation Equity Investment Acquired					$ 20	$ 3,043		$ 606	$ 2,437
Net investment at balance sheet date	2,597	2,772	19	19		2,578	2,753	511	2,067
Long-Term Investments											19,000	55,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage					66.66%							5.00%
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest										95.24%
Annual Management Fees on Investment								$ 11	$ 40
Preferred Return on Investment								10.00%	8.00%
Managing Partner, Carried Interest								20.00%	20.00%
Management Fee Percentage								2.00%