Infinity RS-4.5's need some help

RIP
so very sorry for the loss of family, grace and peace on you all

I would sell as is and let buyers deal w issues. Just be transparent in your listing. 

IF you want to be more hands on suggest Watkins do refoam. Audio Classics in Vestal NY has a top notch service dept. for the amps, West Coast I would recommend Brooks Berdan in Monrovia.

feel free to PM with questions IF I can help, I will. I managed a large high end shop that carried infinity in the hey day for that company.

I am sure current Infinity vintage owners will weigh in also, they will be good sources for all important bits....

best

Jim

Refoaming woofers is easy. The main thing is they should be flat level. not vertical.            
The fact without refoaming you have no idea if they will even work.. Means not refoamed they can only be sold as maybe working.for parts. Where if you refoam them (have faith in your skills!) then power them up AND they play. then you have some working speaker to sell. Not scrap for parts.  Plus the actual value of those speakers is not really very high... paying a lot for refoaming just to sell may mean you LOSE MONEY having paid more for refoaming than you can get for them.
I hears a pair of the speakers owned by a dealer employee. I ended up buying new Infinity RSIIa instead of the RS 4.5s  
  
If you really do not want to refoam them.. Just cut some duct tape into little trapazoids, create a fake surround out of the tape pieces. Then fire up the speakers.I did this for a friend who found some JB Lansings with blown surrounds for $45. She used them with the duct tape for ten years! (I suggest removing the tape right away, so the goo from the tape comes off with the tape! PS the EMIM have a value alone of about $200 each. EMIT $75 this figure may be high or low, as I sold mine for the EMIM and EMIT parts back in early 2000s.and made what I paid for them, and I did not even sell the woofers or the cabinet! The part were worth MORE than the whole speakers ! .If the woofers are so special, you may discover your parts are also worth more than the whole. My action may be a horror for an Infinity maven, but stuff outlives it's useful life.

Jim, great advice, thanks for that (and good wishes). If I were to refoam, I was leaning towards sending them to Watkins. Any thoughts on what they might be worth as is?
Thanks Elizabeth - I have also thought about parting them out but that just feels sacrilegious. Infinity only made around 300 pairs of these speakers and they have a loyal following.

I have a friend with this pair of speakers. Perhaps he would be interested in a second pair. What part of the country are these located?

Please don't part them out. I have a set of RS-1s. Infinity speakers when working properly are magical. Just find someone who will give them the love they deserve. Good luck.

We're located in Northern Illinois. That would also be another hurdle in getting them sold - transportation.
I don't think I could bear to part them out - aside from the thought of Jeff rolling in his grave, they have such a loyal following I'm confident somebody somewhere will give them the home they deserve.

do you have shipping boxes ? The midranges have value because I believe the diaphram are unobtanium...so verification that all midranges work crucial.....

Hi DMC123 - I would really try to sell them as is.

You may not get full value, but they'll go to some one who can do good things with them.