Auctioneers are turning to the dark side

STAFF at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh don two of the 100 Darth Vader helmets which have been re-imagined by some of today's best known underground artists.

The decorated Star Wars helmets are on show in the Capital for three days before being sold at auction in Philadelphia on 10 July.

The Vader project was set up by Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE toys with 100 artists and designers given a helmet to customise as they wished.