Provide innovative financial and industrial ASSET SOLUTIONS through the most diverse circumstances
OUR VISION
Be the global leader in tailoring unrivaled ASSET SOLUTIONS, as we continue to facilitate the conversion from a linear to a circular economy
Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HGBL) is a renowned asset-based market maker which provides result driven solutions to industrial & financial institutions through its two main business units: Industrial Assets and Financial Assets. The synergy between these two business units defines the “Legacy of Asset Solutions” dating back to 1937.
Industrial Assets
Defined through three revenue streams:
Heritage Global Partners (“HGP”)
Heritage Global Valuations (“HGV”)
American Laboratory Trading (“ALT”)
HGP is a full-service auction, liquidation and asset advisory firm which holds a prominent spot in the industrial sector globally
HGV specializes in the valuation of commercial & industrial assets including inventories and machinery & equipment (“M&E”)
ALT provides surplus strategy services for recovery, refurbishment and resale of assets in the life sciences industry
Financial Assets
Defined through two revenue streams:
National Loan Exchange (“NLEX”)
Heritage Global Capital (“HGC”)
NLEX is a leading Sale Advisor for creditors to monetize financial assets ranging from performing to defaulted accounts thru its loan sale process
HGC provides flexible funding structures for all asset classes while specializing in buyers acquiring financial portfolios
A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP FOR OVER 80 YEARS
OUR HISTORY
1937
Ross Mercantile Company Founded
It all starts in 1937 as Harry Ross establishes “Ross Mercantile Company“ in a small warehouse in San Francisco. His goal is to only service the local clientele. Harry, a former boxer, works hard and builds a solid reputation in the city by the Bay.
1951
Ross-Dove Company
Harry’s son-in law, World War II veteran Millard Dove, joins the Ross Mercantile Company. As a result of their alliance, “Ross-Dove Company” is born. Harry and Millard are known for running a successful and well-respected regional firm with a handshake. Their promise: “Always treat the customer with kindness, respect, and above all, dignity.“
1955
Central Eureka Mine Auction
A public auction by Harry Ross and Millard Dove for the Central Eureka Mine in Amador County, CA. See “Gigantic Public Auction Sale“ ad.
1959
Beale Air Force Base Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts the first surplus auction for the United States General Services Administration. See “Government Sale“ ad.
1962
Government Land Auctions
Ross-Dove Company conducts record land auctions for the United States General Services Administration.
1980
Ross Dove Joins Ross-Dove Company
Millard’s oldest son Ross Dove joins the family business to help carry on the legacy.
1984
Osborne Computer Company Sale
Ross-Dove Company conducts landmark sale of Osborne Computer Company. See “Osborne on the block“ article.
1984
Kirk Dove Joins Ross-Dove Company
Millard’s younger son Kirk Dove joins his brother (Ross) to carry on the family legacy.
1985
XEROX Auction
Xerox Corporation contracts with Ross-Dove Company to auction over 20 million dollars in new personal computers and printers. See “Computer world focusing on Xerox’ new PC“ article.
1986
Auctioneering becomes Big Business
A back-roads practice gets on the expressway as the Ross-Dove Company continues to get the best prices for its client’s assets. See “Big businesses are sold on fast cash of auctions“ article.
1986
Rojon Electronics Auction
Ross-Dove Company is hired by Rojon Electronics, Inc. to sell the assets in Poughkeepsie, NY. See “Rojon’s final assets put on the auction block“ article.
1987
Celebrating 50 Years
Ross-Dove Company celebrates 50 years in the auction business and is recognized by the largest brands and corporations to conduct auctions. See “Brothers making millions from auctioning computers“ article.
1987
Mindset Corporation Auction
In 1984, Mindset Corporation was the toast of Silicon Valley and in 1987 its assets hit the auction block to be sold by Ross-Dove Company. See “Mindset Corp. Goes Under the High-Tech Gavel“ article.
1988
Decision Industries Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts an auction for Decision Industries of Horsham. See “How will it look in the den?“ article.
1989
Financial Assets Inception
Ross-Dove Company launches a division to create an open market for distressed financial assets. The division will later (in 1998) be registered as National Loan Exchange, Inc., nicknamed “NLEX“. The financial assets that will go to auction will include: real estate, consumer credit, student and automobile loans, credit card accounts and equipment lease portfolios.
1989
FDIC Auction of Financial Assets
Ross-Dove Company conducts an auction of loans acquired through Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (“FDIC“) bank closings in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The package includes performing and non-performing loans of all types, ranging from real estate and commercial to energy loans. See “Agency to sell loans from bank closings“ article.
1989
Liberty Service Corp. Auction of Financial Assets
Ross-Dove Company conducts the largest distressed financial asset auction consisting of $200M+ in credit card portfolios, consumer finance and FDIC Assets. See “America’s largest distressed financial asset auction“ ad.
1990
Drexel Burnham Lambert Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts historic auctions for Drexel Burnham Lambert. See “Going From Drexel’s offices onto the auction block“ article.
1991
General Dynamics Auction
Ross-Dove Company auctions everything from Apple II computers and office desk to thousands of pounds of titanium and a $2-million robotics assembly line. See “Companies Increasingly Turn to Auction Block“ article.
1991
Resolution Trust Corporation (“RTC“) Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts the auction of 175 Commercial real estate properties for the Resolution Trust Corporation. The properties, spread through 24 states, with an average value of $2.5M. See “RTC prepares for record auction“ article.
1991-1992
Largest FDIC Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts the world’s largest auction sale for the FDIC. See “A piece of the auction“ article.
1993
Apple Auction
Ross-Dove Company conducts multimillion dollar auction sales for Apple, Inc.
1993
Mycro-Tek Bankruptcy Auction
The bankrupt computer-systems developer had plenty of trouble selling products but assets sold fast and furiously, frequently at premium prices at the auction conducted by Ross-Dove Company in March of 1993. See “Bidding war“ article.
1993
NLEX Began Representing Charged-off Assets
NLEX began representing portfolios on behalf of financial institutions to offer new products to its buyers, and to offer an exchange in which lenders could create liquidity for their charged-off assets.
1995
Koll-Dove Formed
Investors acquire interest; Company’s name changes to “Koll-Dove”.
1995
AT&T Auction
Koll-Dove conducts auction for AT&T Corp. for an estimated $1M worth of personal and business computer gear and surplus electronics and more. See “AT&T sells off used equipment“ article.
1995
Dali Art Fraud Auction
Koll-Dove conducts auction for lithographs and other officially “Faux“ Salvador Dali works that were part of a notorious art fraud case from Hawaii. See “Con artists“ article.
1997
Dove Brothers Formed
Ross and Kirk Dove re-acquire the firm and change the name to “Dove Brothers”. During their tenure at Dove Brothers, Ross and Kirk build acceptance of the auction industry by the world’s largest companies. The techniques and strategies they develop are unique to the industry and far ahead of their time.
1997
Warner Digital Studios Auction
Dove Brothers conducts a complete liquidation of a Major Multi-Million Dollar State-of-the-Art Visual/Digital effects production Studio.
1998
Micropolis Auction
Dove Brothers conducts two major auctions, one in Bangkok and the other in Singapore for Micropolis in Creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
1998
National Loan Exchange, Inc. (“NLEX“) Registered
The Financial Assets division is registered in Delaware as National Loan Exchange “NLEX“ and conducts KARS YES FINANCIAL auction on August 12, 1998.
1998
Sid & Marty Krofft Auction
Dove Brothers conducts an auction for part of the Sid & Marty Kroffts’ world. See “Place a bid on a well-loved TV memory“ article.
1999
Raytheon Auction
Dove Brothers conducts an auction for Raytheon (a plant which made electronic components for the defense industry) with 700 lots, including items from machine shops, office furniture, data processing equipment, and electronic test equipment. See “In closing days, Raytheon auctions equipment“ article.
1999
National Loan Exchange, Inc. (“NLEX“) Divested
Dove Brothers divests the National Loan Exchange division known as NLEX to David Ludwig, president, who advances the new company into a leading loan sale advisor of charged-off and nonperforming financial asset portfolios.
1999
DoveBid, Inc. Launched
Ross and Kirk’s early pioneering of asset management and cross border marketing has seen countless efforts at duplication over the decades that followed. As early adopters of the Internet, in 1999 they re-brand the business to “DoveBid, Inc.”
1999
Early Pioneers of Webcast Auctions
Dove Brothers develop the technology to broadcast their own auctions over the internet, combining the bidder’s voice thru a daily bridge phone line, while internet bidders simultaneously viewed the assets on their computers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Quest Communications. While watching the assets pop up on the website, off-site buyers would use their phone keypads to bid; pressing 1 to bid and 2 to pass. This was revolutionary since people no longer needed to travel to the auction site to place a bid.
2000
Ross Dove Featured on Forbes Global 2000 Cover
Forbes Magazine’s Global 2000 features Ross Dove as one of the “Twelve Titans Forcing the Web to Grow Up“.
See “Ross Dove – Infuse the Web into Your Firm”… Read More
2000
Dot-com Era
Ross and Kirk raise over $100M in venture capital from Silicon Valley’s preeminent firms. The innovative spirit of the Dove brothers leads to many of today’s industry standards, including online auctions, webcast auctions, email campaigns, SEO, and virtual auction marketing, among other countless developments. Ross and Kirk are true pioneers of the industry.
2001
Xerox Inkjet Auction
DoveBid sells 15,000 items that relate to Xerox’s inkjet plants, including the company’s entire 52,000 sq. ft. inkjet parts factory in Dundalk, Ireland. See “Dovebid auctioning Xerox inkjet assets“ article.
2002
Enron Auction
DoveBid conducts series of multi-million dollar auctions of Enron’s assets, including the Big “E“ which sells for $44,000. See “Pieces of crumbled Enron go to auction“ article.
Aura of Enron brings out high bidders at auction… Read More
26 Sep 2002, Thu Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina) Newspapers.com
2004
Longview Aluminum Auction
DoveBid conducts the Longview Aluminum auction of 4,000 items to raise money for the bankruptcy trustee who will use the funds to pay off creditors. See “Bidders snap up smelter commodities at auction“ article.
2004
Factory Closures in the United States
DoveBid conducts some of the largest factory closure auctions as businesses move their factories overseas. See “Industrial auctioneers’ stocks rise“ article.
2008
GoIndustry Acquires DoveBid
DoveBid is acquired by GoIndustry and changes name to “GoIndustry-DoveBid Inc.”
2009
Heritage Global Partners (“HGP”)
Ross and Kirk depart GoIndustry-DoveBid, Inc. and the family legacy is re-launched as “Heritage Global Partners, Inc.” Their promise: “To bring world leading best practices, technology, strategy, execution and results to the marketplace.“
2009-2012
Next Generation
A new generation of Dove’s join the family business to carry on the legacy.
2009 – Alex Dove, Ross’s oldest son, joins as Director of Field Operations
2010 – Grayson Dove, Ross’s younger son, joins as Director of Auction Operations
2012 – Nick Dove, Kirk’s son, joins as Director of Sales
2010
Amgen, Inc. Auctions
HGP conducts first auction for Amgen, Inc. (75+ to follow).
Click HERE to see a list of current auctions.
2011
Heritage Global Valuations (“HGV”)
Heritage Global Partners expands by launching Heritage Global Valuations, a valuation division for commercial & industrial assets including inventories and M&E.
2011
Amway Arena Auction
HGP conducts the Amway Arena auction selling all assets including seats and player lockers. See “You can own a piece of old arena“ article.
2011
Honolulu Symphony
HGP conducts the Honolulu Symphony auction selling two concert grand pianos, expertly maintained and used by some of the greatest artists in the world. A harpsichord. A set of timpani, a snare with flare, a set of sacred pahu drums, a room full of sheet music, much of it the work of the islands’ top musicians and thousands of other items. See “Symphony FOR SALE“ article.
2011
Solyndra Auction
HGP conducts yet another historical auction, Solyndra’s bankruptcy auction. See “Collapse of solar firm Solyndra is tale of too much dazzle“ article.
2012
Counsel RB Capital, Inc.
Heritage Global Partners is acquired by Counsel RB Capital, Inc., (OTCBB: CRBN) a division of Counsel Corporation.
Counsel RB Capital Adds Internal Auction Capability with Purchase of Industry Leader, Heritage Global Partners
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. & TORONTO--()--Counsel RB Capital Inc. (OTCQB: CRBN) ("Counsel RB" or the "Company"), a leader in distressed and surplus capital asset transactions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Heritage Global Partners, Inc., ( http://www.hgpauction.com/) a leading, full-service, global auction and asset advisory firm managed by Ross and Kirk Dove.
2012
Digital Domain Auction
HGP conducts an auction for Digital Domain selling more than 1,000 items. See “Digital Domain a hit at auction“ article.
2013
Pfizer, Inc. Auctions
HGP conducts first auction for Pfizer, Inc. (100+ to follow).
Click HERE to see a list of current auctions.
2013
Heritage Global Inc. (“HG”)
Counsel RB Capital Inc. is re-branded: “Heritage Global Inc.” is born. Stock symbol switches to HGBL.
2013
America’s Cup Auction
HGP conducts series of auctions to sell surplus assets to the conclusion of the World Renown 2013 America’s Cup Race.
2014
Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE: HGP)
Heritage Global Inc. lists shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”).
2014
National Loan Exchange, Inc. (“NLEX”) Acquired Back
Heritage Global Inc. acquires National Loan Exchange, Inc. (north America’s leading charged-off consumer receivables broker) back into the Heritage Global family from David Ludwig who remains the president of the NLEX revenue stream.
2014
Counsel Corporation Dividend
Counsel Corp. dissolves its ownership in Heritage Global Inc. by dividending its shares out to Counsel Corporation shareholders.
2014
Candlestick Park Auction
HGP conducts a historic auction of the Candlestick Park.
You Can Literally Bring Home a Piece of Candlestick Park… Read More
2015
New Leadership
Heritage Global Inc. Appoints Ross Dove as CEO and Kirk Dove as president and COO.
2016
Sanofi Auction
HGP and partners conduct Sanofi Auctions.
Guess who bought this giant old Marion Labs plant… Read More
2018
Par Pharma Campus Auction
HGP and Investor Group acquire Par Pharma Campus which sells through series of auctions.
2018
Redhook Brewery Auction
HGP and partners conduct famous Redhook Brewery auction.
Redhook Brewery’s Woodinville Facility Heads to Auction… Read More
2019
Heritage Global Capital (“HGC”)
Heritage Global Inc. launches “Heritage Global Capital” to provide specialty financing solutions to small and medium sized investors in charged-off and nonperforming financial asset portfolios and other asset-based classes.
2020
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ: HGBL)
Heritage Global Inc. announces approval of uplisting to the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
2020
Industrial and Financial Business Units Formed
Nick Dove, formerly Executive Vice President of HGP, is promoted to President of the Industrial Assets business unit, while David Ludwig, previously President of NLEX, is promoted to President of the Financial Assets business unit.
2021
American Laboratory Trading (“ALT”)
Heritage Global Partners acquires “American Laboratory Trading”, one of the largest suppliers of premium refurbished lab equipment in North America and a key provider of surplus asset services for the life sciences.
2021
Halliburton Auctions
HGP conducts first auction as part of a master service agreement with Halliburton.
Click HERE to see a list of current auctions.
2022
New Brand Launch
Nasdaq congratulates Heritage Global Inc. on its new brand launch!
2023
X Auction
HGP conducts a highly publicized auction with over 29,500 registrants for X.
Click HERE to see a list of current auctions.
Present
Legacy of Asset Solutions
Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HGBL) is a renowned asset-based market maker which provides result driven solutions to industrial & financial institutions through its two main business units; Industrial Assets and Financial Assets. The synergy between these two business units defines the “Legacy of Asset Solutions” dating back to 1937.
