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Acquisition of National Loan Exchange, Inc. (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 5 Months Ended | 7 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 02, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Cash Consideration for Business Acquisition | $ 2,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Description | Under the terms of the NLEX purchase agreement, the Company will pay, to the former owner of NLEX, 50% of gross revenues of NLEX and its affiliates, minus 50% of certain expenses, for each of the four years following the closing. The payments are due on or about July 30 of each year, beginning in 2015. The contingent consideration is capped at an aggregate of $5,000, and at December 31, 2014, subject to the application of a 9% discount rate, is estimated to have a present value of $4,198. |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High | 5,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh |  |  |
Discount rate | 9.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate |  |  |
Weighted average cost of capital | 31.60%hgbl_WeightedAverageCostOfCapital |  |  |
Contingent consideration |  | 4,198 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability | 4,198 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability |
Contingent consideration, current |  | 803 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityCurrent | 803 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityCurrent | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityCurrent
Contingent consideration, non-current |  | 3,395 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityNoncurrent | 3,395 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityNoncurrent | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityNoncurrent
Accretion of contingent consideration discount |  | 210 us-gaap_AccretionOfDiscount | 210 us-gaap_AccretionOfDiscount | 0 us-gaap_AccretionOfDiscount
Goodwill |  | 8,846 us-gaap_Goodwill | 8,846 us-gaap_Goodwill | 5,301 us-gaap_Goodwill
NLEX [Member] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | $ 3,545 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hgbl_NlexMember | $ 3,545 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hgbl_NlexMember | $ 3,545 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hgbl_NlexMember | $ 0 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hgbl_NlexMember

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