Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Items [Abstract]

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

Amounts receivable consisted of the following at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0; 2011 - $0)	$	1,046	$	730
Notes receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0; 2011 - $186)		10		39
Lease receivable		12		148
	$	1,068	$	917

Schedule of Finite Lived Intangible Asset [Table Text Block]

      The details are as shown below:

	December 31, 2012
Customer/Broker Network (net of amortization of $290)	$	3,890
Trade Name (net of amortization of $87)		1,373
	$	5,263

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

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at December 31:

	2012		2011
Due to auction clients	$	2,242	$	—
Due to Joint Venture partners		487		89
Sales and other taxes		552		66
Remuneration and benefits		347		402
Asset liquidation expenses		184		—
Regulatory and legal fees		87		49
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting		170		169
Patent licensing and maintenance		9		8
Other		337		72
	$	4,415	$	855