Chesley Bonestell ( 1888 - 1986 ) was an American painter. Chesley Bonestell s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 5625 USD for Conquest of Space, Sixteen boards of images for film projects in 2004 to 17500 USD for Destruction of an American city by a Hydrogen Bomb, Look magazine interior story illustration in 2015 , b