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Capital Stock | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Equity [Abstract] |
Capital Stock Note Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 13 – Capital Stock
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Capital Stock |
Issued and outstanding |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Common shares, $0.01 par value |  |  | 28,945,228 |  |  |  | 27,117,450 |  |  | $ | 290 |  |  | $ | 271 |
Class N preferred shares, $10.00 par value |  |  | 592 |  |  |  | 592 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 6 |
The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 300,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $10.00 per share. On February 29, 2012, as discussed in Note 2, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares in connection with its acquisition of Heritage Global Partners. On August 10, 2012, as discussed in Note 11, the Company issued 400,000 shares to each of its Co-CEOs, in exchange for intellectual property licensing agreements. During the first and third quarters of 2012, the Company issued 17,778 and 10,000 shares, respectively, due to option exercises. On March 15, 2011, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares, for net proceeds of $1,803, through a private placement. On June 23, 2011 the Company issued 122,950 shares in connection with Counsel RB’s acquisition of Equity Partners. During the third and fourth quarters of 2011, the Company issued 26,275 and 8,145 shares, respectively, due to option exercises. 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. Dividends, if any, will be paid on an as-converted basis equal to common stock dividends. 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. During 2012 and 2011, none of the Company’s Class N preferred stock was converted into common stock. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, of the 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, 9,486,500 remain undesignated and unissued.

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