I'm so glad for you Phil, but especially for the new owner. He or she got a great speaker at a fantastic price.
As for age of the speakers, I had bought a pair of Hafler 200 stand mount speakers new in 1988. Last October I finally upgraded to the floor standing speakers I now have. Though I replaced (upgraded) the tweeters on the Hafler 200's in 2008, that's all it took to totally restore 20 year old speakers that were in almost daily use, and my niece and her fiancé are still using them. Even if those Taylo's were 6 to 7 years old, we know they weren't used heavily because of who you got them from. Solid deal, terrific speakers.